For this week’s installment of VIBE Rewind, VIBE takes a look back at a 2011 live performance by six-time Grammy nominated artist Janelle Monae. Janelle who’s known for her eclectic music and style, covers a song called “Smile” that is originally from Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film ‘Modern Times.’ The song “Smile” also happens to be the late great Michael Jackson’s favorite song which happened to be sang by his Jackson 5 bandmate and brother Jermaine Jackson at Michael’s memorial service. June 25th, will mark the five year anniversary of the King of Pop’s death. Check out the cover below.

Bullies, mean girls and the horrors of adolescence: these are the subjects of “Heroes,” the first short film created for Pepsi’s Beats of the Beautiful Game album.

It’s a collection of music somehow related to football — European football, that is — although this particular rendering for Janelle Mone’sexcellent cover of the Davie Bowie classic doesn’t directly deal with the sport, but a soccer ball does make an appearance.

The video, directed by the Young Astronauts (who are thus far most known for their work on a few Cody Simpson and Ariana Grande videos), is steeped in the color and styling of a Wes Anderson movie, to a point. It’s more of a nod than a full on copy, but that otherworldliness and washed-out color sets the story not quite in the present. That is basically the only thing…

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Based on her work on wonderfully original album Electric Lady, her impressive philosophy on her stage style, creating my favorite female anthem “Q.U.E.E.N” with fellow R&B maverick Erykah Badu, landing a speaking and singing role on the upcoming summer hit Rio 2, I have elected Ms Janelle Monae as my #WCW (Woman Crush Wednesday).